Badal Dal leader Paramjit Singh Rana, touted to be highly religious, turns his back on Sikhdom, cheats his electors, joins BJP to contest municipal elections in Delhi.

In a 360 degree turn around, within hours of his appointment as chairperson of the Dharam Parchar Committee -Paramjit Singh Rana has joined the Bharatiya Janta Party to contest the NDMC(New Delhi Municipal Committee) polls to be held on 23 April from Rajinder Nagar constituency on the BJP party symbol of lotus.

Defying all odds SAD had come back into the DSGMC with flying colors, winning 35 out of 46 seats. Even though the formation of the executive team is just being completed, Paramjit Singh Rana has followed his general secretary -Manjinder Singh Sirsa who is also contesting the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections as a BJP candidate from the Rajouri Garden constituency.
Sikh politics in Delhi has witnessed many lows, but it is perhaps for this first time that the sitting chairperson of the DSGMC, responsible for promoting Sikh principles has done the unthinkable – an absolutely shameless act which has left a good section of the Delhi Sikhs in a state of shock and disbelief.

It is not a hidden fact, that SAD and BJP have been in coalition for 10 years now, however this is direct RSS interference in Sikh institutions. Sources close to Paramjit Singh say, “win or lose, we will come back and take the reins of the Dharam Parchar into our hands.” Residents of Dev Nagar from where he won the DSGMC elections are aghast at the crass attitude of the leader, who is allegedly involved in disputed properties deals.

Ironically, the BJP has allocated 5 out of 272 seats in Delhi city which has a sizable chunk of Sikhs, but the SAD has accepted that too with the condition to contest on the lotus symbol as BJP candidates. Shameless? Impotent? Realpolitik? Call it what you like, the community is speechless.

The website of Paramjit Singh Rana introduces him as, “He is known for his integrity and outright commitment towards the cause of Sikh community.” Sikhs of Dev Nagar and Delhi must seek answers!